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From: "Henry F. Schrier III" <>
Subject: MARY ANN COULTER
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:22:01 -0400
Subject: Mary Ann Coulter (1) and Mary Ann Coulter (2)
From: Carolyn Schrier <>
To: Coulter List <>
Dan Touse <>
Gabriele Hammon <>
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Ray LeFever <>
Hi, Cousins!
Yes, youre all right. According to all my research, and the research of cousin Ray
LeFever, Jr., there were two Mary Ann Coulters. They were sisters, children of Walter
Coulter and Margaret E. Storie, being #2 and #13 in the familys birth order.
Mary Ann #1 was born 25 Mar 1827 in Bovina, Delaware County, NY, and died 25 Jan 1847. She
was married to Thomas Strangeway, Jr. She was only 19 years and 10 months old (CETA
cemetary survey, not always accurate.) She is buried in the Old UP Cemetery on Reinertson
Road, in Bovina. This is confirmed by the E. Davidson publication of Burial Sites in the
Town of Bovina, Delaware County, NY, which is a compilation of Fletcher Hoys notes,
available on the Delaware County web site. At this time, I dont have anything else
recorded about Thomas Strangeway, Jr. According to my research, they didnt have any children.
Mary Ann #2 was born 10 Sep 1848, in Bovina, and died 16 Mar 1877. She appears in the 1860
Census of the Town of Bovina with Walter Coulters family. She married Caleb Monroe, 28
May 1873. According to my records, she had two daughters, Jenny and Mary Ann (Anna) who
grew up and had families of their own. Caleb Monroe married second, a Violetta C.?
It was not uncommon for families to repeat the names of children who had died young. This
is the only instance I have where the first child was grown up and married before death
and still the parents chose to repeat the name.
Rays research notes, in his 1998 Descendants of Francis Coulter, read as follows (I
have permission to quote Rays work.
He still retains the copyright.)
Research note: Found a Mary Ann Coulter married to a Thomas Strangeway, Jr. She was born
1827 and died 25 January 1847, age 19y 10d, buried. This from Fletchers notes. Also
found an 1967 letter from Wm. Storie, Glens Falls. He says Mary Ann, sister of Francis
Coulter (who married L. Henderson) married Th. Strangeway. Since the Mary Ann, who married
Caleb Monroe, was born after the death of this one, she could have been a sister, named
for her deceased sister.
Also: in the notes of the Surrogates Court, Delaware County, File box 12: Petition of
Margaret E. Coulter, widow of Walter Coulter.
Heirs:.....Maryann Monroe...dated 20 Dec 1876. Filed for final settlement 29 April 1878.
Since then, daughter Mary Ann has died, leaving husband Caleb B. Monroe and children
Jennie and Mary Ann...
So. there we have it, two Mary Ann Coulters from the same family, born twenty-one years
apart.
Carolyn
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